West Virginia Statutes
§ 31D-4-403 — Reserved name
West Virginia § 31D-4-403
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W. Va. Code § 31D-4-403 (2026).
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(a)A person may reserve the exclusive use of a corporate name, including a fictitious name for a foreign corporation whose corporate name is not available, by delivering an application to the Secretary of State for filing. The application must set forth the name and address of the applicant and the name proposed to be reserved. If the Secretary of State finds that the corporate name applied for is available, he or she shall reserve the name for the applicant's exclusive use for a nonrenewable one hundred twenty-day period.
(b)The owner of a reserved corporate name may transfer the reservation to another person by delivering to the Secretary of State a signed notice of the transfer that states the name and address of the transferee.
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Nearby Sections
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§ 31D-1-101
Short title§ 31D-1-101a
Legislative acknowledgment§ 31D-1-102
Reservation of powers§ 31D-1-103
Construction of chapter§ 31D-1-120
Filing requirements§ 31D-1-121
Forms§ 31D-1-122
Filing, service and copying fees§ 31D-1-123
Effective time and date of document§ 31D-1-124
Correcting filed document§ 31D-1-125
Filing duty of Secretary of State§ 31D-1-127
Evidentiary effect of copy of filed document§ 31D-1-128
Certificate of existence§ 31D-1-129
Penalty for signing false document§ 31D-1-130
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